Cuspidor.



S. B. MUDERMONT 6s Hl` G. MORY CUSPIDOR.

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937,843. .Patented oeuf/36,1909.

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UNlTE STATES SALVUEL B. MCDEBMGNT AND HARRY C. MR'Y, OF DAYTON, SL10.

CUSPEDGR.

Specification of Letters atent.

P `rented @en i969.

To all whom it may concern:

Bc. it knovvn that We, SAMUEL B. MoDnn- Moni' and HARRY C. Meer, both citizens of the United States, residing at layton, in the county of itiontgoniery and State. of Ohio, have invented certain neuv and useful improvements in Cuspidors, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements` in "f cuspidors, and particularly to flushing cuspidors.

The object of the invention is to greatly simplify the construction as Well as the means and inode of operation of such devices, whereby they vvill not only be cheapened in construction but will be rendered more sanitary, the cleansing by flushing more eliicient and positive, and to provide a structure that is unlikely to get out of repair.

lilith the above primary and other incidental objects in view as Will appear from the specilication, the invention consists of the parts, devices, constructions, and inode of operation, hereinafter described and set forth in the claims.

ln the drawing Figure l is a side elevation of the assembled structure, partly in section. Fig. Q is a plan vieiv of the structure.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughout the several vievvs.

The cuspidor forming the subject matter hereof, is adapted to rest on the fioor, and is not dissimilar in appearance to the ordinary device of this character. The cuspidor is provided vvith a server connection, and has a suitable intermittent Water supply for flushing purposes.

Referring to the drawings l is the floor upon which the device rests. rlhe cuspidor proper comprises a shell or casing 2 of any suitable form, shape or proportions. ln the drawing the shell 2 is shovvn as closely resembling the ordinary device.

Located Within the shell 2 is a funnel shaped interior 3 terminating at l in a neck 5 projecting into the upper end of a pipe 6 leading from the interior of the device to the server. In the pipe 6 intermediate the cuspidor and the server is a trap 7 provided with a vent pipe S leading to the atmosphere. Located about the interior top of the funnel member 3 is a tubular ring 9, having therein a series of perforations lO directed dovvn- Wardly and outwardly, as shown in F ig. l, or at substantially right angles to the surling valve l2, the depressible stein 13 of l which projects above the line of the floor l and is adapted to be operated by foot or other pressure as indicated. rlhe valve l2 may be of any suitable design. )i union connection is provided in the supply pipe ll above the lloor line, to facilitate the removal of the device for cleansing purposes. rl`he union letmay be disconnected and the cuspidor readily removed the neck 5 being YWithdrawn from the pipe 6 with which it connects merely by a slip oint.

When the valve stein 13 is depressed, opening the valve l2 vvater is forcibly projected through the perforations l() of the tubular ring 9 and "ashes the entire inner surface of the funnel member 3, and escapes through the pipe 6 to the server, carrying` with it any debris that happens to be Within the funnel or inverted cone fr nange l5 of the shell or casing 2 preferably turned over the top of the tubular ring 9, to conceal the ring and form a continuous exterior surface.

From the above description it Will be apparent that there is thus provided a device of the character described, possessing the particular features of advantage before enumerated as desirable, but which obviously is si ',eptible of niodilication in its form proportion, detail construction, and arrangement of parts vvithout departing from the principle involved or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described our invent-ion ive claim:

l. ln a device of the character described, a casing of ornamental shape adapted to rest upon the floor, a lining for said casing 'in the form of an inverted cone the apex of vvhich terminates in a sleeve adapted to project through the opening in the lloor, an off-takepipe laid on the under side of the iloor and attached thereto and registering with said opening, the said sleeve being adapted to telescope with said o-take pipe, and an annular tubular perforated Water discliarge member located about the upper periphery of the casing, said tubular member having discharge orifices in the lower outermost portion thereof, said orifices being substantially perpendicular to the cone shaped lining, a Water supply pipe leading to said tubular discharge member, said supply pipe having a union therein whereby said device may be disconnected and removed roni its position on the Hoor, the connecting sleeve being Withdrawn from the off-take pipe, substantially as specified.

2. In a device of the character described, a casing having a lining of inverted conical form, said casing being adapted to rest upon the floor, a sleeve at the apex of the said conical lining, an off-take pipe located on the under side of the floor with which said sleeve is removably engaged, an annular Water chamber about the upper periphery of the structure having discharge orifices therein substantially perpendicular to the interior surface of' the conical lining, an integral internal flange on said casing projecting over said annular Water chamber, a Water supply pipe located beneath the floor and extended upward therethrough and eonnected with the said Water chamber, a cut-ofi valvein said supply pipe located beneath the oor and having a spring pressed stein projecting through the floor and adapted to be operated by the foot of the operator whereby the Water Will be supplied to the device upon the depression of said spring operated stein, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, We have hereunto set our hands this 5th day of February A. I).

SAMUEL B. MCDERMONT. HARRY C. MORY. VTitnesses HARRY F. NOLAN, F. L. WALKER. 

